PhD Courses
PhD Courses Descriptions 2025-2026
Note: 600-level indicates MA, 800-level indicates PhD. Several courses are offered to both MA and PhD students.
PhD-Only Courses FALL
FMST 804 Seminar in Film and Moving Image Culture: Borders, Displacement, Media
Instructor: Farah Atoui
Wednesday 1:15pm-5:15pm
FMST 806 Proseminar l: Film in the Postcolonial Condition
Instructor: Luca Caminati
Monday 1:15pm-5:15pm
PhD-Only Courses Winter
FMST 803 Seminar in Film & Moving Image Theory: Trans and Queer Time and Space
Instructor: Cael M. Keegan
Tuesday 1:15pm-5:15pm
Combined MA/PhD Courses Fall
FMST 622/822 Topics in Digital Media: Global Streaming Cultures
Instructor: Ishita Tiwary
Wednesday 1:15pm-5:15pm
FMST 635/835 Topics in Aesthetics & Cultural Theory: Sensory Media Ethnography
Instructor: Josh Neves
Thursday 1:15pm-5:15pm
FMST 640/840 Topics in Film Genres: Repurposing Gender Media
Instructor: Rosanna Maule
Tuesday: 1:15pm-5:15pm
Combined MA/PhD Courses WINTER
FMST 632/832 Topics in National Cinemas: American Cinema of the 1950's
Instructor: Catherine Russell
Thursday 8:45-12:45
FMST 635/835 Topics in Aesthetic Cultural Theory: Global Popular Film and Media
Instructor: Masha Salazkina
Monday 1:15pm-5:15pm
FMST 660/860 Topics in Film Directors: Comparative Style Analysis - Hitchcock and Welles
Instructor: John Locke
Tuesday 1:15pm-5:15pm